Actually, in the UK the Sun, I think, made a big thing of the fact that Britain has become a soft touch for malevolent foreign immigrants, while making it more difficult for British doctors to get junior jobs (a known problem, partly down to one of this government’s continual problems with bad bespoke software), causing them to go to places like Australia, which rejected one or other of the doctors involved in the plot. Australia is notoriously tough on which immigrants it lets in, and was even before Howard became PM – it won’t let anyone in, however skilled, if they have a disabled dependant, for example.

Firstly, it reinforces a perception that foreign doctors should cause us to worry about our safety.

Secondly, it mistakenly assumes that foreign doctors only get visas here because they are wealthy. It confuses a totally different class of business visa, where a large amount of capital assists with eligibility, and the so-called 457 visas which relate to skills in demand. In any case, both types of visas (and all other residency visas) have character requirements and enable security assessments.

It would be foolish to ignore credible information which suggests that security checks need to look more closely at specific issues, but if so it should be applied consistently, not pointlessly targetting a particular class of visa just for political purposes.

It is wrong to complain about the Coalition government vilifying asylum seekers, or migrants who are Muslim or African or whatever, and then cast aspersions on another group of migrants.